BOCA RATON, Fla. — Hundreds of runners and walkers took to the streets of Boca Raton Sunday morning to take part in the Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s Annual Steps for Life Race that began and ended in the shadows of FAU stadium.
Before the race was an emotional moment when Kim Brigham of Florida’s West Coast, a woman who survived cancer, got to meet her bone marrow donor Olivia Carnes, who flew in from Colorado to celebrate.
WATCH: The emotional moment when cancer survivor Kim Brigham meets her bone marrow donor Olivia Carnes for the first time
“To find someone from across the world has just been amazing,” Brigham said. “Please go get tested (as a potential bone marrow donor) because if it wasn't for the gift of life, the bone marrow registry, I wouldn’t be standing here today.”
WPTV Reporter Dave Bohman was the emcee from the celebration, the 5k walk and run Sunday morning.
“I know that it meant so much to that family and to my recipient,” Carnes said.
